Short news from the Internet of Things that make headlines around the world
Under the leadership of the Zigbee Alliance, many well-known manufacturers have been working for some time now on a uniform standard for devices in the smart home. “Connected Home over IP” (CHIP), as it has been called so far, is not based on the Zigbee protocol, but on WiFi, Thread and Bluethooth. Now the cat is out of the bag: The Zigbee Alliance has renamed to Connectivity Standards Alliance, and CHIP became “Matter”.
Forscher am Massachusetts Institute of Technology haben eine neuartige SIM-Karte im Pico Format entwickelt, die sich leicht in Lebensmittel integrieren lässt.
Apple’s smart speaker “HomePod” is being discontinued. As Techcrunch magazine reported, the company will focus on the further development of the HomePod mini in the future. Apple is thus discontinuing the large speaker after about four years of market availability in favor of the cheaper model.
With their latest kickstarter campaign Hong Kong Based Elecrow offers a toolkit of electronic modules that can be easily combined and programmed by kids ranging between ages 5 and 13. The “Crowbits” are designed to support kids in early STEM eduaction to help understand the basics of coding and electronic engineering.
E-world energy & water will not take place this year. The leading trade fair for the European energy industry should have opened at Messe Essen from 4th to 6th May 2021. The reason for the cancellation is the lack of […]
Although it is called “Gigaset camera 2.0”, it is now the third generation of cameras from the Germany-based company Gigaset. The new indoor smart home camera follows the outdoor version introduced last summer and monitors indoor spaces in full HD […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to expand its expertise in the Internet of Things. Cooperation with telecommunications providers is playing an increasingly important role. At the AWS Telco Symposium Online at the end of June, everything revolved around partnerships between […]
CrowPi2: What used to be the electronics kits is now a learning laptop. The CrowPi2 is designed to introduce youngsters to STEAM education topics.
The world’s economy has been hit hard by the ongoing corona pandemic. But what impact has COVID-19 on the IoT market? While some expect a boom in further digitization of many industries and therefore an increased demand in IoT and […]
A team of researchers of the University of Birmingham have developed a new biosolar cell that could be used to power small and low power devices in the Internet of Things. At the moment, the battery could provide an estimated four-day power supply which is a big step forward compared to similar biofuel cells, that only last a few hours so far.
